I've noticed Time Warner having speed issues as well. It must be system wide.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:29 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL Interesting that Time Warner bursts the residential accounts, their Turbo service started out pretty consistent about 6 months ago with always being 20+mbps. Now its "flakey" at best. One minute you run a speed test and its 22mbps, next test its 7mbps, all over the board now. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:25 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL They must. Not just wireless either. My Time Warner Tech says they burst all residential accounts. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: > I think most of the WISPS that offer 6+ mbps services are "bursting" for > like the first 30 seconds, then they fall back to something like 1.5mbps. > > I asked myself the same question until I started to think about it, they are > bursting, I'm sure of it... > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of MDK > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:31 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL > > Yes, they can, but only a few clients per access point. You cannot do it > with 30 clients on an 11A ap. You can if only 2-4 clients are ever busy at > the same time. But I'm seeing sustained 2mbit transfers for HOURS to > around 20% of my clients. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 11:39 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL > >> Mikrotik, StarOS, or UBNT could all deliver those speeds. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 8:19 PM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL >> >>> If so, with what equipment? >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Marco Coelho <coelh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Are you delivering that wireless? >>>> >>>> mc >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Jayson Baker <jay...@spectrasurf.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> That's what we did. $24.95/mo gets you 12Mbps/6Mbps. $49.95/mo gets >>>>> you >>>>> 20Mbps/6Mbps. >>>>> We guarantee minimums--not just an "up to" speed. A lot of people >>>>> really >>>>> like that too. >>>>> Our packages: www.peakinter.net >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:14 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> One of the things you have to keep in mind, is that you really do have >>>>>> to >>>>>> offer your customers a decent value for their dollars. 35 Bux for a >>>>>> fraction of a meg is darn steep pricing these days. We offer a 300K >>>>>> for >>>>>> 25 >>>>>> and 2 meg for 38.50, which is reasonably competitive. >>>>>> >>>>>> You don't' need to be the cheapest to be "competitive", but you can't >>>>>> be >>>>>> way >>>>>> outside of normal pricing. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm thinking of throwing up some MIMO gear and offering something like >>>>>> a 7 >>>>>> meg service. Was thinking of making it about 75 / mo. Not the >>>>>> cheapest. Not the most expensive, either. What would 7 meg be in >>>>>> your >>>>>> area? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy >>>>>> 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <k...@wavelinc.com> >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:05 AM >>>>>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>>>> Subject: [WISPA] how to compete with $15 DSL >>>>>> >>>>>> > Local phone company here just expanded their DSL coverage area and >>>>>> > mailed >>>>>> > out fliers to everyone for $15 DSL. I see no mention of it being a >>>>>> > promotional price. One person said as long as you have it they will >>>>>> > not >>>>>> > raise the rate from $15. Think its for 768k service. Anyways we are >>>>>> > getting >>>>>> > about 1 person a day switching from our $35/month/768k wireless >>>>>> > service >>>>>> to >>>>>> > this DSL. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to retain these >>>>>> > customers???? They are not even giving us a chance to offer them a >>>>>> > lower >>>>>> > price as they all already have the DSL turned on and been using it >>>>>> > for a >>>>>> > month before they cancel ours. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Kurt Fankhauser >>>>>> > WAVELINC >>>>>> > P.O. Box 126 >>>>>> > Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>>>> > 419-562-6405 >>>>>> > www.wavelinc.com >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>>>>> > WISPA Wants You! 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